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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

A Little Bit of Sunshine Inside

Yesterday I thought it would be good to bring in some of the things that are growing/blooming in the garden. I have lots of plants that are getting their spring foliage and some of them are flowering as well.
I have multiple daffodils in my bouquet. The large trumpet facing us I believe to be 'Glen Cova', the tiny one is 'Grand Soleil d'Or'. The dark foliage in the front is Loropetalum 'Ever Red', blooming its head off now. For filler I used some Acorus 'Sweet Flag Grass' think it is Ogon.
Also included was a handful of Grape Muscari armeniacum, love those little blue bell shaped blooms.

This beauty is 'Tahiti', a wonder spicy scent! Behind the Tahiti is a Red twigged Dogwood, Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi' and Spirea Van Houttei, just starting to leaf out. Some of the red leaves of Nandina 'Harbor Dwarf' add a little more red.

Tucked in the middle is Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet', I haven't had any fragrance from it yet.....maybe it is the wrong time of day when I am trying to catch a whiff? I know some plants put off their scent different times of the day.

For some added height and texture I also put some dried Panicum foliage, a nice soft beige. I like having a bouquet in the house of whatever is blooming in my garden. Do you bring in any of your blooms?

Janet, what a lovely bouquet! My goal is always to have a bouquet from the garden on the table...but then life happens, and I'm bouquet-less. You've inspired me to take a little time today to "stop and CUT the flowers"! Sadly, my daffs are almost done.

Julie, thanks! And thanks for the Sweet Peas, looking forward to some bouquets with them! Yes, stop and cut some flowers! You need to plant some later blooming daffs, I have some that are just budding now.

Sunshine in the house is perfect! It's raining so much here I need to go pick some sunshine too. I bring flowers inside but I don't try arrange them. My favorites to bring in are peonies-love their scent!

Your bouquet is just beautiful. We should bring them indoors to enjoy them more. A good way to remind us of Spring coming. I love the one double daffodil with just the touch of orange. It is so lovely. I have some budding along the woods now since it warmed up. I cannot wait to see them start blooming like yours.

I brought in a bunch of Daffodils last week and put them in a vase on the kitchen table. I was the only one who could smell them....what a shame for everyone else in the family...it is soccer season, so maybe their sense of smell has shut down for a while.

one of the best things about having daffodils is being able to bring a few inside. aren't they pretty?! i'm with nelljean...i never met a daffodil i didn't like either. i like the acorus in there, too. nice.

Hi Janet, I'm enjoying reading your blog on a regular basis. I live not tooo far away, in Newberry County. Yes, I too try to bring in some of my blooms. Even in winter I'll cut some rosemary for the scent if there's nothing else. Right now I have a pink camilla-April Remembered- and some lovely white spirea. My daffodills are between blooms as my mid season ones bloomed earliest this year. I love seeing yours.

Lovely arrangements, Janet! I think the double daffodils look so much prettier in a flower arrangement indoors than they do growing outside; I'll have to remember that when I finally have some blooms here. The only thing I have blooming right now are crocuses, which I don't think would make much of a bouquet:)

I LOVE bringing bouquets into the house. I enjoy flowers in the garden but they also do so much to brighten up the inside of the house too. Nothing says spring to me like daffodils, what a happy picture this bouquet is.

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